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Marlin: Preprocessing zkSNARKs with Universal and Updatable SRS

A preprocessing zkSNARK whose structured reference string is universal and can be updated, rather than baked for one circuit in a ceremony that must be trusted forever. The paper improves on Sonic's costs. It is still a SNARK, with a setup.

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Authors: Alessandro Chiesa, Yuncong Hu, Mary Maller, Pratyush Mishra, Noah Vesely and Nicholas Ward
Date: 2019
Publisher: Alessandro Chiesa, Yuncong Hu, Mary Maller, Pratyush Mishra, Noah Vesely and Nicholas Ward
Version: Source cited by the 2019 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0102
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Chiesa, A., Hu, Y., Maller, M., Mishra, P., Vesely, N., & Ward, N. (2019). Marlin: Preprocessing zkSNARKs with Universal and Updatable SRS. Alessandro Chiesa, Yuncong Hu, Mary Maller, Pratyush Mishra, Noah Vesely and Nicholas Ward. https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/1047

BibTeX

@techreport{marlin2019,
  title = {Marlin: Preprocessing zkSNARKs with Universal and Updatable SRS},
  author = {Alessandro Chiesa, Yuncong Hu, Mary Maller, Pratyush Mishra, Noah Vesely and Nicholas Ward},
  year = {2019},
  institution = {Alessandro Chiesa, Yuncong Hu, Mary Maller, Pratyush Mishra, Noah Vesely and Nicholas Ward},
  url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/1047},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/marlin}
}

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AU  - Yuncong Hu
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AU  - Pratyush Mishra
AU  - Noah Vesely
AU  - Nicholas Ward
PY  - 2019
PB  - Alessandro Chiesa, Yuncong Hu, Mary Maller, Pratyush Mishra, Noah Vesely and Nicholas Ward
UR  - https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/1047
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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